STC359793 The Great British victory off the Falklands: German Admiral goes down with his flagship, 1914-19 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: This event, which ended in victory for Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925) took place on December 8th, 1914, and lasted for five hours, in the course of which the Scharnorst, flying the flag of Admiral Count von Spee, the Leipzig, and the Nurnbergwere sunk; The Scharnhorst, an armoured cruiser of 11,600 tons, with a complement of 762 men, caught fire and then sunk;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.